Depth Study A : Germany 1918 - 1945
You have a lot of notes and diagrams plus your textbook Chapter 6 page 137 onwards, I have added a few extra things based on your feedback. Look at the topics in the 'Specified Content' below. At the end of this section are a number of notes and power points, you may have some of the notes already. You have past paper questions on Germany.
1. Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Focus Points
• How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First World War? page 138 of your textbook • What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Republic? • To what extent did the Republic recover after 1923?
• What were the achievements of the Weimar period?
2 Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934? The depression, the coalition government not working, his publicity
Focus Points
• What did the Nazi Party stand for in the 1920s?
• Why did the Nazis have little success before 1930?
• Why was Hitler able to become Chancellor by 1933?
• How did Hitler consolidate his power in 1933–4? 3
The Nazi regime (a) How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933–45?
Focus Points
How much opposition was there to the Nazi regime?
How effectively did the Nazis deal with their political opponents?
How did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control the people?
Why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German society?
Was Nazi Germany a totalitarian state?
(b) What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
Focus Points
• How did young people react to the Nazi regime?
• How successful were Nazi policies towards women and the family?
• Did most people in Germany benefit from Nazi rule?
• How did the coming of war change life in Nazi Germany?
Specified Content
The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the Republic
The Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it
The Weimar constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army
Political disorder, 1919–23:
Economic crises and hyper-inflation
The occupation of the Ruhr
The Stresemann era
Cultural achievements of the Weimar period.
The early years of the Nazi Party: Nazi ideas and methods The Munich Putsch The roles of Hitler and other Nazi leadersThe impact of the Depression on Germany: Political, economic and social crisis of 1930–3 o reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power
o Hitler takes power
o the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933• Nazi rule in Germany:
o the Enabling Act
o the Night of the Long Knives
o the death of Hindenburg
o the removal of opposition
o methods of control and repression o use of culture and the mass media
• Economic policy including rearmament ( Autarky)
• Different experiences of Nazi rule:
o women and young people
o anti-Semitism
o persecution of minorities
o opposition to Nazi rule.
• Impact of the Second World War on Germany:
o the conversion to war economy
o the Final Solution - treatment of the Jews Useful for Revision - powerpoints
Depth Study A : Germany 1918 - 1945You have a lot of notes and diagrams plus your textbook Chapter 6 page 137 onwards, I have added a few extra things based on your feedback. Look at the topics in the 'Specified Content' below. At the end of this section are a number of notes and power points, you may have some of the notes already. You have past paper questions on Germany.
1. Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Focus Points
• How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First World War? page 138 of your textbook • What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Republic? • To what extent did the Republic recover after 1923?
• What were the achievements of the Weimar period?
2 Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934? The depression, the coalition government not working, his publicity
Focus Points
• What did the Nazi Party stand for in the 1920s?
• Why did the Nazis have little success before 1930?
• Why was Hitler able to become Chancellor by 1933?
• How did Hitler consolidate his power in 1933–4? 3
The Nazi regime (a) How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933–45?
Focus Points
How much opposition was there to the Nazi regime?
How effectively did the Nazis deal with their political opponents?
How did the Nazis use culture and the mass media to control the people?
Why did the Nazis persecute many groups in German society?
Was Nazi Germany a totalitarian state?
(b) What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
Focus Points
• How did young people react to the Nazi regime?
• How successful were Nazi policies towards women and the family?
• Did most people in Germany benefit from Nazi rule?
• How did the coming of war change life in Nazi Germany?
Specified Content
The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the RepublicThe Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it
The Weimar constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army
Political disorder, 1919–23:
Economic crises and hyper-inflation
The occupation of the Ruhr
The Stresemann era
Cultural achievements of the Weimar period.
The early years of the Nazi Party:
Nazi ideas and methods
The Munich Putsch
The roles of Hitler and other Nazi leadersThe impact of the Depression on Germany:
Political, economic and social crisis of 1930–3
o reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power
o Hitler takes power
o the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933• Nazi rule in Germany:
o the Enabling Act
o the Night of the Long Knives
o the death of Hindenburg
o the removal of opposition
o methods of control and repression
o use of culture and the mass media
• Economic policy including rearmament ( Autarky)
• Different experiences of Nazi rule:
o women and young people
o anti-Semitism
o persecution of minorities
o opposition to Nazi rule.
• Impact of the Second World War on Germany:
o the conversion to war economy
o the Final Solution - treatment of the Jews
Useful for Revision - powerpoints